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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzanian tourism authorities has said that they were at the final preparations to start a process of introducing cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. Mary Masanja, the Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, said the process to introduce the cable car was on the mountain is on track and […]
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South African rand retreated early on Tuesday as caution lingered in markets after the discovery of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant that is spreading in the country and globally. At 0625 GMT, the rand traded at 16.2150 against the dollar, 0.46 per cent weaker than its previous close. On Friday the currency […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Botswana said on Monday that travel bans imposed against southern African countries over the presence of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 hurt Botswana’s tourism sector. Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, Philda Kereng, said the ban came just as the country prepared for its summer vacation season. “The restrictions […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwanda has temporarily suspended direct flights to southern African countries due to concerns over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. This was contained in cabinet communique issued by the office of the prime minister on Monday. The decision was taken after an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Rwanda’s response to the Omicron variant chaired […]
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Sunday, November 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa, through its UBA Foundation has been spreading joy across Africa for many years as they continue to give back to the underprivileged in the communities in which they operate. At the UBA Foundation gardens in Lagos where the bank is headquartered, a lights up ceremony […]
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Sunday, November 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National President of Nigeria Society of Chemical Engineers (NSCh) has revealed that Dangote Oil Refining Company will be the highest employer of chemical engineers in the country when the refinery comes on stream. The Society’s National President, Engr. Saidu A. Muhammed, disclosed this during the NSCh’s visit/tour of the Dangote Refinery […]
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Sunday, November 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mauritius will suspend all commercial passenger flights from South Africa from Nov. 28 due to the new coronavirus variant Omicron, its foreign affairs ministry said on Saturday. A ministry statement also said any passengers who have been physically present in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe will be denied entry […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa said on Saturday it was being punished for its advanced ability to detect new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variants early. South Africa’s Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation said this in a statement. The allegation is coming as travel bans and restrictions imposed because of the new Omicron variant threaten to harm […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has dismissed the chief of police, Lieutenant-General Khaled Mahdi Ibrahim Al-Emam, and his deputy. Lt.-Gen. Anan Hamed Mohammed Omar was appointed as the new police chief and Maj.-Gen. Muddathir Abd al-Rahman Nasr al-Din as his deputy, Hamdok added in a post on Twitter. (Reuters/NAN) AFP
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA) on Saturday in Lagos expressed concerns about the killing of four alleged pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. The alleged pirates were reported to have been killed by the Danish Navy from their frigate, ESBERN SNARE, operating within the waters of the gulf. NMLA president Mrs […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s late dictator, said armed men had prevented him from lodging an appeal against his client’s disqualification from next month’s presidential election. The development added to fears of turmoil around the election which is scheduled for Dec. 24. Disputes about issues including the eligibility […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is on the frontline with the army fighting rebellious Tigrayan forces in the northeastern Afar region, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported on Friday. Abiy was wearing military fatigues and speaking to the television station in the Afaan Oromo and Amharic languages, according to the broadcast. Reuters could not […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thabo Mbeki, former president of South Africa, has stated that he and Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state of Nigeria, worked against a third term during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Speaking virtually on Thursday at the Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar Festschrift Conference held in Abuja, Mbeki recounted his role alongside […]
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Wednesday, November 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzania said on Wednesday it would allow pregnant students and teenaged mothers to continue with their studies, reversing a heavily-criticised policy instituted by its late autocratic leader John Magufuli. In 2017, the East African country began expelling pregnant girls from state schools and banned them from returning to class after giving birth, […]
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Wednesday, November 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian traders has condemned ECOWAS’ silence over border closure by the Ghanaian government thereby violating the policy on free movement in the region. Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, President of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG), made the call in a telephone interview on Wednesday. Nnaji, who spoke against the backdrop […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – WaterAid, an international not-for-profit organization has decried the current plight of sanitation workers around the world. In a statement to mark this year’s World Toilet Day, WaterAid said COVID-19 has exacerbated already horrendous conditions for sanitation workers across the globe, adding that they are the forgotten frontline workers in the fight against […]
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Saturday, November 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ethiopia on Saturday hailed the return of precious artefacts looted by British soldiers more than 150 years ago, after a long campaign for their restitution. The collection — recovered from Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands — includes a ceremonial crown, an imperial shield, a set of silver-embossed horn drinking cups, a handwritten […]
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Friday, November 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Michelle Bachelet, has condemned the killings of peaceful protesters against military rule in Sudan. It is “utterly shameful” that live ammunition keeps being used against protesters, Bachelet said in a statement from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. According […]
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two explosions hit Uganda’s capital Kampala on Tuesday, injuring a number of people in what police termed an attack on the city, the latest in a string of blasts targeting the country. The explosions occurred in the central business district of Kampala near the central police station and the entrance to parliament, […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security Minister Maxime Kone, on Monday said that within three days two terrorist attacks left 27 people dead in Burkina Faso. Kone said one civilian and 19 gendarmes were killed in an attack on a gendarmerie post in the northern province of Soum on Sunday. According to a military spokesperson, around 60 […]
